Bed.



L. E. FRYE.

BED.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 16, 1909.

Patented 0@t.1s,`1910.

LEE E, FRYE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BED.

Application led December 16, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE E. FRYE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in movable beds, and those which are not lim ited to any particular position as in the case of wall or folding beds.

It consists in the combination of a main frame, a foldable seat portion to one side of which the main frame is hinged, said seat being also foldable so that it may be extended to form a complete support for the main frame, or folded when the main frame is upturned to form a seat, of which the main frame forms the back.

The mattress carrying frame is carried on links, near one end of the main frame, and fixed brackets projecting from the seat portion into the main frame, and acting, when the main frame is lowered into a horizontal position, to raise the mattress portion to a level at or above the sides of the main frame, and correspondingly to retract the mattress portion into the main frame so as to reduce the depth or thickness of the whole bed to substantially the depth of the main frame, and to leave the bed clothing intact and exposed.

rfhe whole apparatus is supported upon suitable casters, and is movable to any desired point so that when upturned the bed and its clothing may be wheeled to a window or point for ventilation without disturbance.

My invention comprises the combination of parts and details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective rear view showing the bed turned into a vertical position, and the seat closed. F ig. 2 is a longitudinal section, showing the seat unfolded and the bed supported thereon in its horizontal position.

The main bed-frame A is in the form of a shallow box having the bottom A, and this portion of the structure is of suflicient length and width to carry a bed of the desired size. This frame is hinged as shown at 3 to the rear portion of the seat 2, which seat is of a length approximately equal to the width of the bed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 18, 1910.

Serial No. 533,356.

The portion 2 of the seat has hinged to its upper edge a second portion l which is closable about the hinges 2 when the main bed-frame A is in a vertical position; and when thus folded it rests upon the part 2, and the whole is of such height as to form a seat of which the bottom A of the bed forms the back. By unfoldingthis portion it will extend to form a base of double the width of the seat, and this base is of suiiicient size to entirely support the frame A-A without the use of other legs or supports, and being mounted upon suitable wheels or casters, it will be seen that the whole device is independent of any fixed attachment, and movable to any desired point.

The mattress frame 6 is of as much smaller size than Ythe frame A as to lie within it; and it may have head and foot-boards 6a and 61. The head end extends sufficiently beyond the hinges 3 so that when turned up into a vertical position, this end will apm proximately reach the floor, and the whole device will be supported on the part 2 by reason of the hinges 3 which connects them.

A suflicient weight l1 may be lixed in the head end to assist in eounterbalancing the bed portion and make it easy to turn up or to let down without the operator having to lift or to hold too much of the weight.

7 are stout brackets fixed to the back of the seat portion 2, and extending up through slots made in each side of the bottom A', as shown at 7 a. The upper ends of these brackets are connected by pivot pins with the brackets S, which are firmly secured to the side frame (i, and it will be manifest that by reason of the distance of these brackets from the hinge or pivot points 3 about which the frame A is turned, that the brackets 7 will act through the brackets 8 to lift this end of the mattress frame when the bed is turned down into a horizontal position, and will in like manner act to draw this portion of the bed-frame into close proximity with the bottom A when the bed is set in an upright position. In order to move the foot of the mattress frame in the same manner, I have shown links 7b having one end pivoted to the mattress frame near the foot, and the other end to a bracket or support 12 which is fixed to the bottom A. The length of the links 7b corresponds with that portion of the brackets 7 which projects above the hingeline 3, and it will thus be seen that when the frame A is in a vertical position,

the brackets 7 and the links 7b will be substantially parallel with each other, and with the bottom A of the main frame of the bed.

Then the bed is turned down to its horizntal position, the stationary brackets 7 act to pull the mattress frame in the direction of the head, and at the same time to lift it to the required height which may be about level with the top of the sides A. This movement causes the links 7b to also move about their pivots at l2, and in like manner to raise the foot of the bed, the whole device operating like a parallel ruler, and the mattress frame being thus raised, will be properly exposed for use.

When the bed is turned up to stand in a vertical position, the mattress frame is assisted in returning to its normal position within the frame A by means of spiral springs l0 which have one end attached to the mattress frame toward the head, and the other end attached to the bottom A toward the foot, the springs being of sufficient tension to assist in drawing the mattress frame back to its depressed position.

The wire mattress 13 may be of any usual or suitable form, and upon this may be placed the fabric mattress and the bed clothing, and these may be secured to the npturned foot-board 6b of the mattress frame so that they will not be displaced when the hed is turned up into its vertical position.

The whole device being mounted as before described upon cast-ers, is easily movable to any point where it is desired to have the bed stand, and being thus movable while in its horizontal position, is much more easily transported than it would be when standing vertically. rllhe width of the seat portion when unfolded is sufficient to carry the whole bed without other support.

Haring thus described my invention, what l, claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. The combination in a bed, of a support consisting of superposed members hinged together at one edge and capable of opening outwardly to form an extended support, a main bed frame hinged to lower of said members so as to stand vertically with relation thereto, or to be turned into horizontal position and supported solely by both members of the substructure, a mattress frame fitting within the main frame, standards fixed to the supporting structure contiguous to the hinges of the main frame, and joined connections with one end of the mattress frame, and links connecting the opposite end of said mattress frame with the main frame.

2. The combination in a bed, of a main bed frame, a mattress frame fitting within the main frame, an extendible base to which the main frame is hinged and upon which it is supported in a horizontal position, arms fixed to the base contiguous to the hinges and extending upwardly into the main frame, said arms being pivotally connected with the mattress frame near one end, and links connecting the opposite end of the mattress frame with the main frame, and acting in unison with the standards to raise the mattress frame within the main frame when the latter is lowered to a horizontal position, and to retract the mattress frame within the main frame when the latter is raised into a vertical position.

3. A bed consisting of a main frame, and a base and support to which said frame is hinged near one end, a mattress frame loosely fitting within the main frame, standards fixed to the base and contiguous to the hinges, and pivotally connected with the mattress frame, links pivoted to the mattress and to the main frame, and acting in unison with the fixed standards to raise and lower the mattress frame when the bed is tilted downwardly or upwardly, and diagonally disposed springs connecting the mattress frame and the main frame.

4. A bed comprising a hinged main frame, and a support upon which it is tiltable from a vertical to a horizontal position about its hinges, and a mattress-carrying frame, links and fixed standards to which the opposite ends of the mattress-carrying frame are respectively connected, and by which the mattress-carrying frame is raised or depressed with relation to the main frame during the tilting of said main frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEE E. FRYE. litnesses CHARLES EDELMAN, C. C. Coox. 

